Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Latest News - PC

Game Description: Picking up where Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare left off, Infinity Ward's high intensity military first-person shooter will push players to their limits. As part of Task Force 141, players will traverse harsh and varying terrains across the globe as they attempt to suppress and eliminate the surging Russian Ultranationalist threat.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 News

We told you yesterday about the Modern Warfare 2 "Resurgence" Map Pack that will be released on June 3, but we didn't know many details. Last night's podcast from Xbox Live's Major Nelson hosted Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling, and offered many pertinent details on the pack. Five maps will be released -- three new and two re-hashes --...

Activision has registered a slew of domain names that may point to the direction the company plans to take the Call of Duty series. As you may have guessed, the series could be headed into The Future. Activision registered "callofdutyfuturewarfare.com" as well as variations on the theme like "Advanced Warfare," "Secret...

A brief addendum to the Call of Duty: Black Ops story we posted yesterday: According to publisher Activision, there is a Wii version of the game coming out to join the PS3, 360 and PC versions on November 9.
Treyarch's Call of Duty games have supported Nintendo's console, but blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 did not have a Wii...

It's become regular, repeated news at this point but no less important. Another two employees who once worked at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward and resigned in the wake of Activision's firing of former studio leadership Jason West and Vince Zampella have joined West and Zampella at their new Electronic Arts-backed...

Activision has confirmed that Infinity Ward's next game will be Call of Duty-related.
The news was disclosed during Activision's first quarter 2010 conference call.
Here's what we know (based on what Activision said during the call) so far.
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Modern Warfare 2's "Stimulus Pack" is only one of two map packs planned for the Infinity Ward-developed shooter. Activision said the second downloadable pack is still in development at Infinity Ward, despite recent turmoil at the studio, and it's coming "sometime" in the second half of 2010.
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Despite the turmoil at Infinity Ward, including a lawsuit field by a number of employees still working at the Activision-owned studio, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says Infinity Ward is working on "their next big project," in addition to the second map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Kotick revealed the news about Infinity...

Hey, PC and PS3 gamers, if you've been patiently waiting for the Modern Warfare 2 "Stimulus Package" DLC, you should be able to download it now. The pack went live today in North America for the PS3, and is debuting in Europe and the rest of the world tomorrow.
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There will be another Call of Duty game released later this year, the Treyarch-developed Call of Duty: Black Ops. As Activision sorts out the future of the Modern Warfare section of the franchise, the Call of Duty franchise moves forward from another developer. But reader Severnik wonders if it's too much, too fast. Is Activision going to burn...

Fresh on the heels of its big Bungie partnership announcement, Activision has officially announced the next installment in its Call of Duty franchise -- Call of Duty: Black Ops.
“We can’t wait for our community to experience Call of Duty: Black Ops,” said Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia in a statement to the press. “We...

Sledgehammer Games is currently working on a Call of Duty game for Activision that is supposedly going to be a departure from the traditional first-person shooter genre. (Previous job listings indicate the game will most likely be a third-person shooter.) It’s tempting to think, then, that the long-rumored (and by all accounts,...

38 former and ex-Infinity Ward employees filed suit against Activision yesterday. There's also one less executive at Activision now, president and CEO of Activision Publishing Mike Griffith, news that the LA Times broke several weeks back, but has now been made official in a disclosure to the SEC.
Griffith oversaw Infinity Ward in his role at...

UPDATE 2:53 PM: Activision has issued a brief response to the lawsuit:
"Activision believes the action is without merit," said a company spokesperson over e-mail just moments ago. "Activision retains the discretion to determine the amount and the schedule of bonus payments for MW2 and has acted consistent with its rights and the...

In what's become nearly a daily reoccurrence, there are new reports of departures from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward, in the wake of Activision firing their former leadership, Jason West and Vince Zampella, and the formation of a Call of Duty business unit.
A source close to Infinity Ward has informed me that both lead...